 The attack failed and most of the Japanese troops died, the remaining few only surrendered when the Japanese high command ordered them to do so.Even so, Tryapitsyn decided to take revenge, which resulted in the execution of the surviving garrison and the slaughter of all but 122 Japanese civilians – in all around 700 Japanese died shortly thereafter.After this, he was free to start a reign of terror and execute all those civilians he deemed dangerous to his forces.